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** Lenalee has done this several times, too, before she gets an [[Important Haircut]].
* ''[[After War Gundam X|Gundam X]]'''s Tiffa Addil has a ponytailed [[Hime Cut]], but {{spoiler|when [[Barrier Maiden]] Lucille Lilliant [[Grand Theft Me|"borrows" her body]] to ask for help from Jamil, Tiffa's adoptive father as well as her former pupil}}, she lets it loose.
* Misty/Kasumi from ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' normally has her hair tied into a small pigtail. While she is indeed a cute girl, her appearance [[Beautiful All Along|changes]] dramatically every time she puts this trope to practice.
* In ''[[Pokémon Special]]'', {{spoiler|following the rather traumatic incident with N at the Nimbasa Ferris Wheel}}, White keeps her hair out of its usual ponytail, signifying her depression. She ties it back up when she somewhat comes in terms with herself. Incidentally, fans agree she looks much prettier with her hair down.
* Played very unusually in ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]''. Originally, {{spoiler|Homura}} has her hair done up in twin braids, but eventually lets it down. This doesn't signify her becoming more relaxed in the slightest, though; in fact, it marks her transition ''into'' being serious. So you could say it's inverted, only it's also played straight, because the character was previously shy, so it signals a growth in confidence. On the other hand, it also seems to represent the loss of her innocence. So it's hard to classify where this one lands.
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* The silent classic ''[[Sunrise (film)|Sunrise]]'' features this in its powerful ending, when [[No Name Given|the Wife]], who wore her hair pulled back for the whole movie, is shown with her hair down after she's been rescued from drowning.
* In ''[[Loaded Weapon 1]]'', Destiny Demeanor is introduced wearing glasses and her hair up in a bun. When she lets her hair down, she is replaced with an obviously different actress. Colt's reaction? "You should always wear your hair down."
* Lee the masochistic heroine of ''[[Secretary]]'' mostly wears her hair braided across her head to begin with. As she enters a, well, ''unconventional'' romance with her boss, she starts to wear it down, especially at moments when she clearly feels most confident. She reverts to updos somewhat as the relationship founders, but her reunion with her lover culminates in a scene in which he tenderly and sensually ''washes'' her hair, which is of course down for the purpose.
* In ''[[Blade Runner]]'', Rachael lets her hair down in front of Deckard -- who apparently takes it as an invitation, as he comes onto her rather forcefully soon afterward.
* Done by serious librarian Evy in ''[[The Mummy Trilogy|The Mummy]]''. She is played by Rachel Weisz, so also a [[Hot Librarian]].
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* In ''[[The Big Sleep (film)|The Big Sleep]]'', the bookseller woman has her hair all tied up. After the detective chats to her a while, she closes the shop, lets down her hair, takes off her glasses, and ...apparently, helps him pass the time until the person he's seeking turns up across the street.
* A variant is seen in ''[[The Incredibles]]'' with Violet. She hides behind her hair for most of the movie, but when she gains confidence in herself and her powers, begins to wear it back.
* The heroine of the German film ''Mostly Martha'' (and its American remake ''No Reservations'') wears her hair up for most of the movie, finally letting it down after the first time she spends the night with her love interest.
* Jennifer Lopez's character in ''The Wedding Planner''.
* Dr. Susan Calvin in ''[[I, Robot (film)|I Robot]]'' is the most blatantly obvious, since her hairstyle changes four or five times throughout the movie, each one seemingly coinciding with a meeting with Will Smith.
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* Played for laughs in ''[[Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire]]'', where [[Stern Teacher|Professor McGonagall]] makes a remark about ''letting our hair down'' (in reference to the Yule Ball) and the narration notes that it doesn't look like she's ever let her hair down in any sense.
* In ''[[A Tree Grows in Brooklyn]]'', Francie's mother won't let her get a fashionable bob because a woman should have long hair as her "secret" beauty that only her lover/husband (well, presumably Katie means husband) gets to see when she unpins it at the end of the day.
* In ''[[The Worst Witch]]'' books, it's tradition that at the Halloween celebrations all the teachers and pupils wear their hair down. Miss Hardbroom is described to have shining black tresses tumbling down to her waist and Mildred remarks that she doesn't look half as frightening with her hair down.
== Live Action TV ==
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* In ''[[Cheers]]'', Lilith letting her hair down led to Frasier kissing her for the first time.
* ''[[Farscape]]'': Aeryn Sun. Her hair reflects her emotional state: as an [[Ice Queen]] in the first seasons, she wore it in a long ponytail. When she started to loosen up, she let her hair down. Then reverted back to ponytail after {{spoiler|the one of the two Crichtons she was in love with died}}.
* Parodied in an episode of ''[[That '70s Show]]''. At the start of an episode, Kelso gets a ticket from a beautiful female cop who wore her hair down. Later that same episode, he meets the same female cop, this time with her hair in a tight bun, and does not recognize her at all. (Averted somewhat however, as he attributes her previous sexiness to the uniform instead of her hair).
* Det. Dani Reese from ''[[Life]]'' wore her hair pulled back in Season 1. In Season 2, she wears it down, reflecting her new, considerably more relaxed, attitude towards Crews.
** More like "considerably more sexualized role [[Fan Service|for the audience]]"...
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* The first line in Kris Kristofferson's "Help Me Make It Through the Night" goes "Take the ribbon from your hair/Shake it loose and let it fall.... Played for humor when he and Miss Piggy performed it on ''The Muppet Show'' and the Ray Stevens cover.
* Charlie Rich: "When we get behind closed doors/Then she lets her hair hang down..."
== Theatre ==
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== Video Games ==
* [[Action Girl|Ashley Williams]] does this between her appearances in ''[[Mass Effect]] 1'' and ''3''. As a result of her newfound hotness, she promptly went from "Williams" to "Ashley" in the minds of the fans.
* Terra does this at the end of [[Final Fantasy VI]], to go with her stated change in outlook.
* At the end of Metroid: Other M, Samus is seen out of her Power Suit and Zero Suit, and into what looks to be a uniform, hair let down and rather [[Rapunzel Hair|Rapunzel-ish]]. Though she ties it back into a ponytail after a while, the dialogue and her expression easily convey her feeling of peace and coming to terms with {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice|Adam's death]]}} and the resolution of the Bottle Ship incident.
* Chris Lightfellow from [[Suikoden III]] dons a casual outfit for her 3rd chapter. Her character portrait for that segment of the game even looks a good deal more relaxed than the scowl she usually settles with.
* [[Fiery Redhead]] Aika from ''[[Skies of Arcadia]]'' normally wears her hair in two noticeably stiff braids. She lets it down whenever she's sleeping or grooming, and it looks much softer and prettier.
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== Web Original ==
* Dana in ''[[Echo Chamber|Echo Chamber's Trope Of The Week]]'' ''[[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]''. Tom's reaction?
{{quote|'''Tom:''' That... ''totally'' works.}}
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